David and Ruth Wisnom Grant

History

In 2010, the Board of Directors of the Avery-Fuller-Welch Children’s Foundation (AFW) agreed to honor David Wisnom’s memory and years of dedicated service as board member and president, with a special grant in his name. In 2015, the board agreed to change the name of the “David Wisnom Grant” to the “David and Ruth Wisnom Grant”, in honor of Ruth Wisnom’s longtime and continued dedication to the Foundation.

Guidelines

The honorary grant is made directly to a provider that is serving a child/youth who exhibits extremely high need in any of AFW’s four program areas.

The provider should have very specific goals and objectives along with a very strong and positive prognosis for the child.